Her approach is not confined by a singular perspective but continuously shifts between geographies, temporalities, and ways of seeing.
Mireille Kassar’s practice emerges through a constellation of mediums—painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, film, writing, music, and installation—each converging into a singular, evocative language. Her work does not merely inhabit these forms; it extends, intertwines, and disrupts them, forging a dialogue between materiality, time, and perception. Painting, a central axis of her approach, becomes both surface and threshold, a site where traces accumulate, dissolve, and reappear. A foundation from which her explorations in materiality, time, and memory extend.
Since 1996, her work has been exhibited internationally, beginning with the Fundación Miró in Barcelona. It has been presented at the Berlinale, the Kochi Biennale, and BienalSur in Latin America, and is held in major public and private collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the British Museum in London. Her presence extends across Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Latin America.
Her film The Children of Uzai, Anti-Narcissus is regarded as a seminal work and was exhibited for the 40th anniversary of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The museum also presented her work at the Centre Pompidou Málaga as part of Un Tiempo Propio, an exhibition exploring temporalities and ways of being, bringing her into dialogue with 20th-century masters such as Picasso, Matisse, and Max Ernst.
Rooted in her cultural origins yet constantly reaching beyond them, Kassar’s work engages with the fluidity of history, spiritual resonance, and the thresholds between presence and absence. Her approach is not confined by a singular perspective but continuously shifts between geographies, temporalities, and ways of seeing.
She graduated with honors from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris and the Université Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne, with studies in architecture and music complementing her artistic formation. She has taught and led workshops in various institutions, including three years as a lecturer at the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris.
Beyond her artistic practice, Kassar serves as an artistic advisor for the Amar Foundation. She is currently preparing projects in Italy and Latin America.
